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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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10 I Greenhouse Construction, by Prof. Taft** 1 15 



This book is of recent publication, and is as full and 

 complete in regard to the building of all glass struc- 

 tures as is the next book in regard to their manage- 

 ment. Any one who huild.s even a small structure for 

 plant-growing under glass will .save the value of the 

 book by reading it carefully. 

 12 I Greenhouse Manag-emeut, bv Prof. Taft** 1 15 



This book is a companion to Greenhouse Construc- 

 tion. It is clear up to the times, contains 400 pages 

 and a great lot of beautiful half-tone engravings. A 

 large part of it is devoted to growing vegetables under 

 glass, especially Grand Rapids lettuce, as well as 

 fruits and flowers. The publisher's price is $1.50; but 

 as we bought quite a lot of them we can make a spe- 

 cial price as above. 



5 I Gregory on Cabbages, paper* 20 



5 I Gregory on Squashes, paper* 20 



5 I Gregory on Onions, paper* 20 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are 

 all valuable. The book on squashes especially is good 

 reading for almost anybody, whether they raise 

 squashes or not. It strikes at the very foundation of 

 success in almost any kind of business. 



I Handbook for I,umbermen 05 



5 I Hcime Pork-making; 125 pages, illustrated 40 



1 think it will pay well for everybody -who keeps a 

 pig to have this book. It tells all about the care of 

 the pig, with lots of pictures describing cheap pens, 

 appliances, all about butchering the latest and most 

 approved short cuts; all about making the pickle, 

 barreling the meat, fixing a smoke-house ffrom the 

 cheapest barrel up to the mo.st approved arrange- 

 ment); all about pig-troughs; how to keep them clean 

 with little labor; recipes for cooking pork in every 

 imaginable way. etc. Publisher's price is 50 cents, 

 ours as above. 



15 1 How to Make the Garden Pay** 1 35 



By T. Greiner. Those who are interested in hot- 

 beds, cold-frames, cold green-houses, hothouses, or 

 glass structures of any kind for the growth of plants, 

 can not afford to be" without the book. Publisher's 

 price $2.00. . 



I How we Made the Old Farm Pay— A Fruit- 

 book, Green 10 



10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Orchard* 85 

 By Stewart. This book, so far as I am informed, is 

 almost the only work on this matter that is attracting 

 so much interest, especially recently. Using water 

 from springs, brooks, or windmills to take the place 

 of rain, during our great drouths, is the great problem 

 before us at the present day. The book has 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 

 3 I Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush** 25 



5 I Manures; How to Make and How to Use 



Them ; in paper covers 30 



6 I The same in cloth covers 65 



I Nut Culturist, postpaid 1 25 



3 I Onions for Profit** 40 



Fully up to the times, and includes both the old 

 onion culture and the new method. The book is fully 

 illu.strated, and written with all the enthusiasm and 

 Even if one is not particularly interested in the busi- 

 .ness, almost anv person who picks up Greiner's books 

 will like to read them through. 



10 I Our Farming, by T. B. Terry** 75 



I Same, paper cover, post paid 50 



In which he tells " how we have made a run-down 

 farm bring both profit and pleasure." 



If ordered by express or freight with other goods, 

 10c less. 



8 I Practical Floriculture, Henderson.* 110 



10 I Profits in Poultry.* 1 00 



10 I Small-Fruit Culturist, Fuller 75 



2 I Experiments in Farming. By Waldo F. Brown. 08 

 This little book ought to be worth its cost for what 



is said on each of the four different subjects; and the 

 chapter on cement floors may be worth many dollars 

 to anybody who has to use cement for floors, walks, 

 or any thing else. In fact, if you follow the exceed- 

 ingly plain directions you may save several dollars on 

 one single job; and not only that, get a better cement 

 floor than the average mason will make. 

 2 I Sweet Potatoes; Forty Years' Experience with. 



By Waldo F. Brown ** 08 



This little book, by a veteran teacher at our farm 



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ers' institutes, ought to be worth many times the price 

 to everybody who grows even a few sweet potatoes itt 

 the garden.' It also gives full particulars in regard to- 

 handling and keeping this potato, which is difficult to- 

 keep unless you know just how. 



10 I Talks on Manures* 1 Sfr 



By Joseph Harris. Written conversational style, 

 which makes i. v ry interesting reading. It covers- 

 the subject very completely; contains numerous anal- 

 yses of manures and comparative tables. The use of 

 technical language is av ided, which makes the book 

 of greatest value to the prac ical farmer. A book of 

 366 pages, nicely bound in cloth. 

 5 I The New Rhubarb Culture** 40' 



Whenever apples are worth a dollar a bushel or 

 more, winter-grown rhubarb should pay big. It does- 

 not require an expensive house nor costly appliances. 

 Any sort of cellar where it will not freeze is all right 

 for it; and the small amount of heat necessary to 

 force the rhubarb costs very li.tle. The book is nicely 

 bound in cloth, full of illustrations, mostly photos- 

 from real work, 130 pages. Every market-gardener 

 should have this book, for the lessons taught indirect- 

 ly, in regard to forcing other crops besides rhubarb. 

 Publisher's price 50c. 

 5 I Tile Drainage, by W. I. Chamberlain 36- 



Fully illustrated, containing every thing of impor- 

 tance clear up to the present date. 



The single chapter on digging ditches, with the il- 

 lustrations given by Prof. Chamberlain, should alone 

 make the book worth what it costs, to every one who 

 has occasion to lay ten rods or more of tile. There is 

 as much science in digging as in doing almost any 

 thing else ; and by following the plan directed in the 

 book, one man will often do as much as two men with- 

 out this knowledge. 



5 I Tomato Culture 35 



In three parts. Part first.— By J. W. Day, of Crystal 

 Springs, Miss., treats of tomato culture in the South, 

 with some remarks bj' A. I. Root, adapting it to the 

 North. Part second.— By D. Cummins, of Conneaut, 

 O , treats of tomato culture especially for canning- 

 factories. Part third —By A. I. Root, treats of plant- 

 growing for market, and high-pres.sure gardening in 

 general. 



3 I Vegetables under Glass, by H. A. Dreer** 20^ 



3 I Vegetables in the Open Air* 20" 



This is a sort of companion book to the one abovs. 

 Both books are most fully illustrated, and are exceed- 

 ingly valuable, especially at the very low price at 

 which they are sold. The author, H. A. Dreer, has a 

 greenhouse of his own that covers one solid acre, and 

 he is pretty well conversant with all the arrangements 

 and plans for protecting stuff from the weather, and 

 afterward handling to the best advantage when the 

 weather will permit out of doors. 



3 I Winter Care of Horses and Cattle 25 



This is friend Terry's second book in regard to farm 

 matters ; but it is so intimately connected with his po- 

 tato-book that it reads almost like a sequel to it. If you 

 have only a horse or a cow, I think it will pay you to 

 invest in a book. It has 44 pages and 4 cuts. 



3 I Wood's Common Objects for the Microscope**.. 47 



8 i What to Do, and How to be Happy while Do- 

 ing It 65' 



The above book, by A. I. Root, is a compilation of 

 papers published in Oleaniy)gs i» Bee Culture, in 1886, 

 '7, and '8. It is intended to solve the problem of find- 

 ing occupation for those scattered over our land out 

 of employment. The suggestions are principally 

 about finding employment about your own homes. 

 The book is mainly upon market-gardening, fruit- 

 culture, poultry-raising, etc. lUustiated, 188 pages, 

 cloth 



8 i Same, paper covers 40 



FREE LEAFLETS AND PAMPHLETS, IF YOU SEND 

 POSTAGE STAMP. 



Celery G'-owing by Sub-irrigation. 



Cow Peas and Their Culture. 



Crimson or Scarlet Clover. 



Dwarf Essex Rape. 



L,ettuce Under Gla s; full directions especially for 



growing Grand Rapids I,ettuce. 

 Soy (or Soja) Bean; all about it. 

 Sweet Clover, and what it is good for. 

 Basswood Trees, growing for honey, lumber, etc. 

 Method of Treating Disease without Medicine. 

 Sa,nitary Drainage. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



